A pioneering treatment for acute hepatic porphyria – a rare genetic disorder of haem biosynthesis in which toxic molecules build up in the liver - has been named Drug Discovery of the Year 2021.…
Heart disease remains Scotland’s single biggest killer and constitutes the country’s single biggest health burden. Current actions on heart disease are set out in the Heart Disease…
The Society has endorsed a new report from Cancer Research UK, which sets out how healthcare staff can be supported to conduct research. Embedding research into care within the NHS will improve…
When I joined the Society as CEO a year ago, I knew it would be a challenge stepping into my first CEO role and at the time was conscious of the unfolding global pandemic. However, I never…
Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed has been appointed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care as Chair of the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM).The CHM provides independent expert advice…
The Society welcomes the government’s commitment to developing a People and Culture Strategy as part of delivering the UK R&D roadmap, and is advocating for an integrated and national approach to…
In November 2020, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) launched its new inquiry into Equity in the…
This blog was written by Taichi Ochi, Editor of Pharmacology Matters and PhD student at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Mental health awareness has increased over the last…
We would like to warmly congratulate the following appointments commencing from 1 January 2021: Council: Professor Ana Alfirevic, Elected Trustee (Senior Academic…
I want to wish you all a Happy New Year in my first blog of 2021. This is a year which we hope will give us some much-needed stability, calm and normality as soon as possible. We still have a way to…
